Name: Warm fruit salad with vanilla syrup
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 2/3 cup water; 6 vanilla beans, split lengthways; wide strips lemon zest plus ¼ cup lemon juice; 500 gram small apples (we used pink lady), skin on, quartered and cored; 500 gram small packham pears, skin on, quartered and cored; 4 persimmons, halved and cored; 2 oranges, skin on, sliced

Warm fruit salad with vanilla syrup

This gorgeous warm fruit salad harks back to memories of warm apple pie and is such a delicious way to start the day.

Serves 6

Cook

1H 10M

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 2/3 cup water

6 vanilla beans, split lengthways

wide strips lemon zest plus ¼ cup lemon juice

500 gram small apples (we used pink lady), skin on, quartered and cored

500 gram small packham pears, skin on, quartered and cored

4 persimmons, halved and cored

2 oranges, skin on, sliced

Method

1.Preheat oven to 170°C.

2.Place sugar, water, vanilla beans, lemon zest and juice in a saucepan. Bring to the boil then immediately remove from heat.

3.Place apple, pear, persimmon and orange in a large baking dish in a single layer. Pour sugar syrup over them and cover well with foil. Bake for 40 minutes or until apples and pears are soft (cooking time will depend on ripeness of fruit). Serve warm or cold.

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